2012 National Leaders Opponent 3rd Down Conversions - All Games through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Attempts | Conversions | Conversion % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BYU | 13 | 181 | 48 | 26.52 |
| 2 | North Carolina State | 13 | 198 | 53 | 26.77 |
| 3 | Florida State | 14 | 221 | 60 | 27.15 |
| 4 | Bowling Green | 13 | 186 | 52 | 27.96 |
| 5 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 202 | 57 | 28.22 |
| 6 | Oregon State | 13 | 181 | 53 | 29.28 |
| 7 | TCU | 13 | 187 | 56 | 29.95 |
| 8 | Virginia | 12 | 179 | 55 | 30.73 |
| 9 | Michigan State | 13 | 191 | 59 | 30.89 |
| 10 | Florida | 13 | 187 | 58 | 31.02 |
| 11 | Illinois | 12 | 148 | 47 | 31.76 |
| 12 | LSU | 13 | 185 | 59 | 31.89 |
| 13 | Stanford | 14 | 225 | 72 | 32.00 |
| 14 | Alabama | 14 | 190 | 61 | 32.11 |
| 15 | Oregon | 13 | 196 | 63 | 32.14 |
| 16 | Texas A&M | 13 | 205 | 66 | 32.20 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 14 | 212 | 69 | 32.55 |
| 18 | Ohio State | 12 | 192 | 63 | 32.81 |
| 19 | Utah State | 13 | 222 | 73 | 32.88 |
| 20 | UCLA | 14 | 204 | 68 | 33.33 |
| 21 | San Jose State | 13 | 189 | 64 | 33.86 |
| 21 | Connecticut | 12 | 189 | 64 | 33.86 |
| 23 | Fresno State | 13 | 212 | 72 | 33.96 |
| 24 | Clemson | 13 | 203 | 69 | 33.99 |
| 25 | Arizona State | 13 | 209 | 73 | 34.93 |
| 26 | Missouri | 12 | 168 | 59 | 35.12 |
| 27 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 207 | 73 | 35.27 |
| 28 | Troy | 12 | 165 | 59 | 35.76 |
| 29 | Akron | 12 | 170 | 61 | 35.88 |
| 30 | South Alabama | 13 | 178 | 64 | 35.96 |
| 30 | Michigan | 13 | 178 | 64 | 35.96 |
| 32 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 215 | 78 | 36.28 |
| 33 | Utah | 12 | 168 | 61 | 36.31 |
| 34 | Rutgers | 13 | 198 | 72 | 36.36 |
| 34 | Tulsa | 14 | 231 | 84 | 36.36 |
| 36 | Notre Dame | 13 | 178 | 65 | 36.52 |
| 37 | Georgia | 14 | 208 | 76 | 36.54 |
| 38 | Texas | 13 | 172 | 63 | 36.63 |
| 39 | North Carolina | 12 | 188 | 69 | 36.70 |
| 40 | Florida Atlantic | 12 | 158 | 58 | 36.71 |
| 41 | Syracuse | 13 | 177 | 65 | 36.72 |
| 42 | Buffalo | 12 | 184 | 68 | 36.96 |
| 43 | South Carolina | 13 | 192 | 71 | 36.98 |
| 44 | Rice | 13 | 170 | 63 | 37.06 |
| 45 | Washington | 13 | 186 | 69 | 37.10 |
| 46 | Nebraska | 14 | 210 | 78 | 37.14 |
| 47 | Penn State | 12 | 191 | 71 | 37.17 |
| 48 | Maryland | 12 | 180 | 68 | 37.78 |
| 49 | USC | 13 | 187 | 71 | 37.97 |
| 50 | Mississippi | 13 | 199 | 76 | 38.19 |
| 51 | Kent State | 14 | 207 | 80 | 38.65 |
| 52 | Cincinnati | 13 | 209 | 81 | 38.76 |
| 53 | Arkansas | 12 | 175 | 68 | 38.86 |
| 53 | Tennessee | 12 | 193 | 75 | 38.86 |
| 55 | Hawai'i | 12 | 177 | 69 | 38.98 |
| 56 | Western Michigan | 12 | 179 | 70 | 39.11 |
| 57 | Kansas | 12 | 154 | 61 | 39.61 |
| 58 | Northern Illinois | 14 | 227 | 90 | 39.65 |
| 59 | Arkansas State | 13 | 194 | 77 | 39.69 |
| 60 | Indiana | 12 | 178 | 71 | 39.89 |
| 61 | UCF | 14 | 214 | 86 | 40.19 |
| 62 | Kansas State | 13 | 179 | 72 | 40.22 |
| 63 | Toledo | 13 | 181 | 73 | 40.33 |
| 64 | Texas Tech | 13 | 188 | 76 | 40.43 |
| 65 | Iowa State | 13 | 210 | 85 | 40.48 |
| 66 | Northwestern | 13 | 187 | 76 | 40.64 |
| 67 | SMU | 13 | 204 | 83 | 40.69 |
| 68 | Auburn | 12 | 169 | 69 | 40.83 |
| 69 | Florida International | 12 | 181 | 74 | 40.88 |
| 70 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 176 | 72 | 40.91 |
| 71 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 183 | 75 | 40.98 |
| 71 | East Carolina | 13 | 183 | 75 | 40.98 |
| 73 | Purdue | 13 | 195 | 80 | 41.03 |
| 74 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 13 | 193 | 80 | 41.45 |
| 75 | Oklahoma | 13 | 202 | 84 | 41.58 |
| 76 | Louisville | 13 | 168 | 70 | 41.67 |
| 77 | Duke | 13 | 182 | 76 | 41.76 |
| 78 | Minnesota | 13 | 189 | 79 | 41.80 |
| 79 | South Florida | 12 | 174 | 73 | 41.95 |
| 80 | New Mexico State | 12 | 162 | 68 | 41.98 |
| 81 | Boise State | 13 | 200 | 84 | 42.00 |
| 82 | Mississippi State | 13 | 183 | 77 | 42.08 |
| 83 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 171 | 72 | 42.11 |
| 84 | Memphis | 12 | 168 | 71 | 42.26 |
| 85 | San Diego State | 13 | 181 | 77 | 42.54 |
| 86 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 187 | 80 | 42.78 |
| 87 | UAB | 12 | 161 | 69 | 42.86 |
| 88 | UTEP | 12 | 170 | 73 | 42.94 |
| 89 | Iowa | 12 | 175 | 76 | 43.43 |
| 90 | Arizona | 13 | 206 | 90 | 43.69 |
| 91 | Temple | 11 | 151 | 66 | 43.71 |
| 92 | Ohio | 13 | 205 | 90 | 43.90 |
| 93 | Central Michigan | 13 | 191 | 84 | 43.98 |
| 94 | Colorado | 12 | 150 | 66 | 44.00 |
| 95 | Ball State | 13 | 184 | 81 | 44.02 |
| 96 | North Texas | 12 | 168 | 74 | 44.05 |
| 97 | Idaho | 12 | 163 | 72 | 44.17 |
| 98 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 199 | 89 | 44.72 |
| 99 | Marshall | 12 | 181 | 81 | 44.75 |
| 100 | UTSA | 10 | 137 | 62 | 45.26 |
| 101 | California | 12 | 181 | 82 | 45.30 |
| 102 | Washington State | 12 | 183 | 83 | 45.36 |
| 103 | Wake Forest | 12 | 196 | 89 | 45.41 |
| 104 | West Virginia | 13 | 195 | 89 | 45.64 |
| 105 | UNLV | 13 | 192 | 88 | 45.83 |
| 106 | Tulane | 12 | 170 | 78 | 45.88 |
| 107 | Houston | 12 | 206 | 95 | 46.12 |
| 108 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 190 | 88 | 46.32 |
| 109 | Massachusetts | 12 | 153 | 71 | 46.41 |
| 110 | Texas State | 12 | 157 | 73 | 46.50 |
| 111 | Nevada | 13 | 189 | 88 | 46.56 |
| 112 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 164 | 77 | 46.95 |
| 113 | Air Force | 13 | 196 | 93 | 47.45 |
| 114 | Army | 12 | 147 | 70 | 47.62 |
| 115 | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 170 | 81 | 47.65 |
| 116 | Colorado State | 12 | 188 | 91 | 48.40 |
| 117 | Navy | 13 | 159 | 77 | 48.43 |
| 118 | New Mexico | 13 | 157 | 78 | 49.68 |
| 119 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 161 | 80 | 49.69 |
| 120 | Boston College | 12 | 213 | 106 | 49.77 |
| 121 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 172 | 87 | 50.58 |
| 122 | Wyoming | 12 | 183 | 93 | 50.82 |
| 123 | Baylor | 13 | 213 | 111 | 52.11 |
| 124 | Kentucky | 12 | 174 | 91 | 52.30 |